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On this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest, the gabbers discuss the bittersweet dramedy The Edge of Seventeen, written and directed by newcomer Kelly Fremon Craig. Could this coming-of-age movie be the best teen comedy of the past 25 years? Next, the critics are joined by New York Times Magazine’s Jody Rosen to talk about A Tribe Called Quest’s latest album, We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service; its commentary on the state of America; and the passing of group member Phife Dawg this year. Last, the critics discuss Julia Turner’s new piece in Slate, “The Stunt Presidency,” an analysis of the incoming Trump administration saving jobs and the danger of governing by anecdote. Will the next four years be extended seasons of The Apprentice?
Links to some of the things we discussed this week:
- The Edge of Seventeen trailer
- James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News
- Boyhood
- A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
- Their new song “We the People …”
- De La Soul’s new album And the Anonymous Nobody
- “The Stunt Presidency” by Julia Turner in Slate
- “Trump’s Carrier Shakedown” from the Wall Street Journal editorial board
- The Gist’s discussion of the Carrier deal
- Our past discussion of The Apprentice
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Endorsements
Dana: In light of this news story: Take out your earphones and pay attention
Julia: High Maintenance
Stephen: The defeat of North Carolina’s Pat McCrory, and “The Obama Years” by Stephen Marche in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Outro: “Steve Biko (Stir It Up)” by A Tribe Called Quest
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